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¤....¤..¤¤ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¤¤¤....¤¤¤
..¤¤...... LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¤¤..¤¤..¤¤
.....¤¤¤¤¤ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¤.........
¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤. ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ..¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤....¤.. BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ...¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤..¤¤...¤ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤......¤.. INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¤....¤¤¤¤¤
..¤¤¤¤.... ANTENNA ARRAYS ..¤¤..¤¤¤¤
...¤¤..¤¤¤ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¤......¤¤.
¤¤......¤. DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ..¤¤¤¤....
...¤¤¤¤... ¤..¤¤..¤¤.
¤¤..¤¤..¤¤ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ..........
.........¤ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS .¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.. PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ..¤¤¤¤¤¤..
.¤¤¤¤¤¤... GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ¤..¤¤¤¤...
..¤¤¤¤..¤¤ AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ....¤¤..¤¤
...¤¤....¤ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¤¤¤.......
¤¤....¤¤.. ¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤..¤¤..... AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¤....¤¤¤¤¤
......¤¤¤¤ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ..¤¤..¤¤¤¤
.¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND .......¤¤.
..¤¤....¤. THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¤¤¤¤¤¤....
¤....¤¤... AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤
..¤¤....¤¤ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¤¤¤¤....¤¤
.....¤¤..¤ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT .¤¤..¤¤...
¤¤¤¤...... ........¤¤
¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR .¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤
¤¤....¤¤¤. (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ..¤¤¤¤....
...¤¤..¤.. RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¤..¤¤..¤¤.
¤¤........ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ..........
...¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤.
¤¤..¤¤¤¤¤¤ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤..
.....¤¤¤¤¤ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤...
¤¤¤¤..¤¤¤¤ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¤¤¤¤¤¤..¤¤
¤¤¤....¤¤¤ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY .¤¤¤¤....¤
¤¤..¤¤..¤. DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ..¤¤..¤¤..
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ NO . ONE . HAS . ANSWERED ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ SO WHY IS THAT? ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ SHOWS) ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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